Those who knew her were thankful but still hurting.
Her granddaughter, Danye’ll Jefferson, was overcome with emotion and memories.
“Just like y’all grew up in this neighborhood, I did too. I stayed at my grannie’s house. I played with a lot of the kids here,” Jefferson said.
Lifelong South Oak Cliff resident Rev. Horace Bradshaw organized the rally, along with the organization No More Violence. Several people from the neighborhood attended in a show of solidarity with the grieving family, who saw their presence as a testament to the lives Thompson touched.
“It’s tragic the way that her life ended but the life that she lived was well lived. So that we cannot complain about,” Thompson’s nephew Christopher Bryant said.
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